But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man.

For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself.

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God.

When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!